Just ''oh''? Shanley''s eyes darkened, and he gazed at the girl with a profound look. Did "oh" mean she agreed with what he''d just said? He was going to marry her! And she would agree?


    Shanley wanted to ask, but he held back. He could wait. A few more days wouldn''t hurt. Right now, the most important thing was to find out the truth about her middle brother.


    Over the weekend, Harold flew back from Australis. The moment he walked into theb, he saw his assistant sitting on the sofa, his face bruised and swollen.


    "What happened to you?" Harold asked, ncing at him. "And how did it go with the task I gave you?"


    "Well-" The assistant looked utterly wronged and immediately stood up toin. "I couldn''t get close to Ms. Payne at all! Look what she did to me!"


    Harold took a closer look, his brow furrowed. "She hit you?"


    "Not exactly," the assistant mumbled. But Ms. Payne''s expression had already turned sour. If he had kept following her, he was sure he would have been beaten up.


    "I''ll handle this myself," Harold said, seeing his assistant''s sorry state. "You can take the next couple of days off."


    Anyway, his grandmaster wasing overter. He could get the hair sample himself.


    In the afternoon, Juniper arrived at theb with Shanley in tow, right on time.


    "It''s hot out. Have some fruit first."


    Ever since learning that Juniper loved mangoes, Harold had prepared a variety of mango-themed desserts, along with some watermelon to amodate a certain someone with a mango allergy.


    "Oh," Juniper nodded slightly, sitting on the sofa and giving him a rare pleasant look.


    "Mr. Schwartz, have some watermelon," Harold said, pushing the te forward and asking with a meaningful tone, "It seems the mangoesst time didn''t agree with you."


    The moment Shanley was about to take a piece of watermelon, he looked up, a sh of vignce in his deep eyes. What was this guy up to now?


    Juniper, who was eating mango, slowly lifted her head and looked at the man across from her. More urately she was staring at his chest she was dying to know what his chest looked like under that shirt. She couldn''t just publicly rip his clothes off, could she?


    Fet


    Noticing the girl''s gaze, Harold''s expression softened into a gentle smile. If she really was his family.. would she be a sister, a niece, or a cousin She likedtro and mangoes, just like him. He hoped she was his sister. He would be very proud to have such an exceptional sister.


    Seeing their interaction, Shanley''s thick brows furrowed. It was bad enough that Harold was secretly staring at Juniper with ill intentions, but why was she staring back at him?


    "Juniper," Shanley said with a slight smile, his tone casual. "Don''t eat too much of that. Too much will be bad for you."


    "Oh." Juniper tore her gaze away and took a sip of water. But a few secondster, she couldn''t help but look back at Harold, her eyes fixed on him with an unmistakable interest.


    Shanley suddenly felt that the


    watermelon in his hand wasn''t sweet anymore. Why was his Juniper looking at Harold like that? Could be that after spending time together, she had developed an interest in him? But just yesterday, she had hugged him and sat on hisp. She couldn''t have lost interest that quickly!


    On the other hand, Harold''s gaze towards the girl had also changed since his return from Australis.


    Suddenly, Shanley thought about Juniper''s strange behavior over the past few days.